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Case Reports
. 2011 Jan 15;300(1-2):187-90.
doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.08.065. Epub 2010 Sep 29.

A novel mitochondrial tRNA(Ile) point mutation associated with chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia and hyperCKemia

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A novel mitochondrial tRNA(Ile) point mutation associated with chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia and hyperCKemia

Sihem Souilem et al. J Neurol Sci. .

Abstract

We have sequenced the entire mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from a 54-year-old man with chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia (PEO) and hyperCKemia. Muscle biopsy showed ragged red and SDH positive/COX negative fibres, and the biochemistry was suggestive mitochondrial respiratory chain dysfunction. Analysis of mtDNA revealed a heteroplasmic m. 4308G>A mutation in the transfer RNA isoleucine gene (MT-TI gene). Our report expands the genetic heterogeneity of PEO.

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